The Weekend

It has been another whirlwind of a weekend. It almost seems like a blur.  Ballet practice on Friday night, an early soccer game on Saturday morning for Jeremy (with an impromptu VERY LONG bike ride to get there.)  Shopping in the City Center and a Groningen football game in the stadium.

A virtual visit from the "Flat YNO sisters" arrived on Thursday.:)
Love those girls!!!:)

Friday night was ballet...

Our Saturday monring bike ride to Jeremy's soccer game had a few surprises in store (besides the extra long bike ride to get there):)  Elizabeth wanted to know what it was, and I told her it was a maple leaf.:)

 Saturday afternoon, Elizabeth and I had a girls' afternoon shopping near the city center..

Elizabeth found Van Noort’s (a Dutch artist) painting in a shop window.  She was excited because they are studying about him in school.:)

We had to stop and get some of the best french fries in the world at Frietwinkel near the City Center.:)  Gotta love the contraption they serve them up in.:) We were screaming American because we have ketchup instead of mayonnaise with our fries.:)

Walking towards the City Center.:)

While Elizabeth and I were shopping, Jeremy and Guy were busy getting tickets to the Football Club (FC) Groningen soccer game for Saturday night.:)

Gotta love all the bikes in the background!

Guy's Dutch was a little off...somehow he ordered three beers and three sprites for 4 people...and we don't really like beer that much!:) But, I drank two and a half beers that night!:)

The game was quite an experience.  The Dutch people really take their football seriously.  For more informaton about the Groningen Football team, you can click here.

Going to a football game in Europe is unlike anything I have experienced before.  The fans are passionate about their teams.:)  As a matter of fact, I am posting a video of the energetic fans from the  opposing team at the game on Saturday night.  They sang the. entire. time.  I am NOT exaggerating.  For a full 90 minutes, we heard them sing for their team.  The players from the opposing team actually walked to the end of the field at the end of the game to tell them thank you.

The score ended up being 0-0, but we all agreed that it was something we will all remember. As well as our bike ride home involving being sandwiched between a car and city bus...we are all ok! But for a split second, I thought Elizabeth and I would be the PB and J in a car and bus sandwich!:)

Quick side note:  If you try to watch the videos on your mobile devices, a few people have told me they don’t work.  there haven’t been any problems watching videos on computers, though:)

Thanks for visiting! Doei!:)